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Candida Species Identification Test

Illinois rates for HCPCS 0068U

Identifies which yeast is causing a Candida infection. It detects the genetic material of six species — Candida albicans, glabrata, parapsilosis, krusei, tropicalis and auris — and reports each one individually.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Candida Species Identification Test cost?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $219 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$110 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$145 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $117 to $309Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $78 to $251
$100$200$500facility $219professional $117

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Illinois· 16th of 51

$141

AK $324NE $93.33

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.